"Wonder"land

"Wonder"land

If I take in a breath

Hold it

Feel it inside swirling and sinking

Filling and draining me at the same time

And then let go, let it out

The hopes and secret desires

Things left unsaid.

Would they be granted?  Would they be heard?

I decide to try, how hard can it be?

And then... I pause

Wings break, horses run lame (if they show up at all)

There are still dragons, and towers, and frankly

My hair is much too short to be of any use.

I turn away

But the something catches my eye

Candlelight flickering in the glass to my right

The mirror- it calls to me with its siren's song

I'm captivated by its gilt,

Frightened by its darkness

Yet intrigued by a smile

I lean in

Straining to hear the sweet sounds

Peering in and catching glimpses of hundreds of points of light

I'm tipsy and should step back

Catch my breath

Steady myself

But I'm hypnotized, caught in the spell

Oh... the prize

Like the brass ring on a carousel

I stretch out my hand

And tumble

Head over heels

Heels over head

What have I done? 

Hanging just out of reach

"Stars"

The night stretches out

An ebony blanket spread out across the sky

With a cascade of glittering jewels on top

I can almost touch them

The thought of pocketing a couple flits through my mind

A pair, to bridge the distance

From one side to the other

As I sit I contemplate

the shades in the tapestry moving from end to end

and which is the better legend- the design or the shade?

To know where I am, in relation to

someone else, sitting in the night

Wondering if somehow we're enfolded in that same inky cloak

Tucked in as we lie back

Alone together in the solitude of the  dappled darkness 

In the Garden

Reach up and grab the ripe, round fullness

Feel skin, smooth against your fingers

Bring the sweetness to your lips

Take a delectable nibble 

Inside is the moist, tender flesh

Savour it with your mouth

until your hunger is sated

Forbidden fruit is the most exquisite temptation